SEX TIPS PLAY | ABOUT THE SHOW

ABOUT THE SHOW

Voted Best Comedy for Couples, Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man has been sharing its upbeat brand of humor with theater audiences all across America for over five years! Hailed by critics as an evening of "big laughs and naughty fun," this romantic comedy takes the audience on a hilarious and wild ride where no topic is taboo and the insider ‘tips’ come straight from the source: a gay man. The play is set at a local university auditorium where the English department holds its monthly meet the authors event. Robyn is the shy and studious moderator of the event and this month's featured author is Dan Anderson of Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man. With the help of a hunky stage assistant named Stefan, Dan aims to turn this meet the authors event upside down with a highly theatrical, audience interactive sex tip seminar. Theatermania calls Sex Tips "one of the best date-night shows you'll see this year!” and The Des Moines Register raves, “it’s a slick show that delivers exactly what it promises!”

Solidifying its status as a true pop culture phenomenon, Sex Tips has recently been showcased on television in three different reality series whose stars performed in the show, including Kendra On Top, The Real Housewives of New York, and Shahs of Sunset. The show’s popularity is no surprise given its source material is the internationally best-selling book of the same title, which has been published in over 50 different countries and translated into 17 different languages.

TOUR CAST

ANTHONY CAPUANO (Stefan) Anthony Capuano is proud to be joining the cast of Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man. Previously, Anthony has appeared in It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! and Avenue Q at the Old Library Theater as well as Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center. Collegiate credits include 9 to 5 the musical, The Pajama Game, The Cherry Orchard and Seussical the Musical. Anthony is from Rockland County New York and he thanks his warm friends and beautiful family for all their love and support. @anthonycapuano1

JACKLYN COLLIER (Robyn) is thrilled to be on the road with Sex Tips again! She toured the country with the show last year and joined the off-Broadway company this past summer. NYC credits include Awesome 80s Prom, I Hope They Serve Beer on Broadway, My Big Gay Italian Funeral (off Broadway). Other credits include HurlyBurly (Variations Theatre Group), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pulse Ensemble Theatre), and Vanya, Sonia, Masha & Spike (Gulfshore Playhouse). Jacklyn is the co-creator of the web series This is My Roommate, co-hosts the podcast The Bubbly Sesh, has been murdered in various Investigation Discovery crime reenactment shows, and was most recently seen in HBO's The Deuce. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Ig: jacklyncollier

SEAN HANKINSON (Dan) is thrilled to be returning to the touring company of Sex Tips. Some of Sean’s other highlights include: the voice of America’s favorite boyfriend “Ken” for the animated show Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, “Ben Simmons” for 3 seasons on the CW’s Emmy nominated Prom Queen, recurring on Days of Our Lives, Bull, Turn: Washington's Spies, campaigns for Orbit Gum, Nike, Pom Wonderful. Off-Broadway, Sean has originated roles in some exciting new plays and was nominated for Best Actor from the New York Innovative Theatre Awards for his work in In The Bones. Sean is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. www.aboutsean.com @seanhankinson

CREATIVE

MATT MURPHY(Playwright/Producer) In addition to serving as Co-Producer on several Broadway shows, Matt Murphy Productions is currently producing Off-Broadway’s longest-running comedy Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Manon tour and at Paris Las Vegas, as well as The Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters, the Musical, which ran Off-Broadway for four years and has been touring throughout North America since 2008. Matt’s producing debut in New York was the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz, which became one of the longest-running Off-Broadway musicals in history with its remarkable 5-year run at New World Stages. Recent Broadway productions include the Tony Award-Winning musical Memphis, Thurgood, which garnered Laurence Fishburn a Tony nomination, and the critically-acclaimed musical Side Show. Matt is also the founder and president of Marquee Merchandise, which creates and manages the sales of merchandise and concessions for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows as well as The Broadway Store, an online shopping center for all things Broadway. www.MattMurphyProductions.com.

SHAWN NIGHTINGALE (Producer) is a native of Cape Cod who grew up around theatre in Provincetown, MA. He has produced and worked with Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Rivers, John Waters, David Sedaris, Bruce Vilanch, and the Tony Award-winning Elaine Stritch (At Liberty). Shawn co-produced the Broadway musical Side Show recently. In addition, to his work in live entertainment, Shawn has produced and starred in the short film The Appointment and P-Town the series. Shawn owns a consulting business and is on the board of directors for numerous non-profit companies as a business advisor.

TIM DRUCKER (Director). Credits as a director include the Off-Broadway productions of Spidermusical (Mint Theater), Stinkykids! (Vital Theater, Off Bway Alliance Award Best Family Musical), The Brain that Wouldn't Die! (NYMF), Grace McLean Lives in Concert (Ars Nova). As writer, the books to the musicals (with Randy Blair) Fat Camp (Off-Bway, NYMF 2009 Best of Fest), Perez Hilton Saves the Universe (Fringe Best Musical 2008) and Spidermusical. Other work includes Haute Mess (Ars Nova, The Other Baldwins) and Ruff (#serials at the Flea). BFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

NANCY RENÉE BRAUN (Choreographer) Favorite credits include associate choreographer of the Broadway National Tour of Elf, NYMF’s Fat Camp (NYMF Choreography Award), Roundabout Theatre’s Robber Bridegroom workshop, and the associate director/choreographer of Off-Broadway’s The Berenstain Bears Live! with Matt Murphy Productions. Other choreography credits include NYMF’s Fantasy Football: The Musical (NYMF Best of Fest Runner-Up), Godspell’s Broadway Flash Mob (100,000 YouTube hits), Altar Boyz (Sharon Playhouse), Pippin (William Daniels Award for Best Choreography), and The Wild Party (Musical Hall of Chicago). Nancy has performed on Broadway in the original company of Gypsy and Off-Broadway’s Fat Camp, and is featured in the upcoming musical theatre film entitled Life of an Actress. Northwestern University graduate.

RANDY BLAIR (Projection/Sound Design). Off-Broadway: Fat Camp (American Theatre of Actors), Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage (Davenport Productions), Beautiful Disaster (Joe's Pub), Walking in Soho (Signature Theatre), Spidermusical (Mint). His viral video animation work has been featured everywhere from Perez Hilton to Howard Stern to the New York Magazine Approval Matrix. In his other life, he is a writer/director/actor, frequently collaborating with Sex Tip's director Tim Drucker.

HOLLY BUCZEK, CSA(Casting Director) HDB Casting: Annie - National Tour 2014/15, 50 Shades, The Original Parody – Off-Broadway and Touring Companies, Til Divorce Do Us Part – Off-Broadway, Deathtrap and Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike at The John W. Engeman Theatre, Caroline or Change for Cyrano’s Theatre in Alaska, The Independents for Fringe 2012 (winner Best-of-the Fest), Wearing Black for the Frigid Festival, iLLA, A Hip-Hop Musical, Deployed -The Musical, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die – In 3D, The Groove Factory and Pirates of Finance for NYMF, and for Bard SummerScape festival, The Ballad of Rom and Julz and Bitter Sweet. Holly is the resident Casting Director for Musicals Tonight!, Vital Theatre Company, The Berenstain Bears LIVE, and past seasons of The Secret Theatre and Millbrook Playhouse Summer Theatre. Films: Naz & Maalik, Diva, and Symposium. Web: Commercials for Intel and Lipton. Holly is also an Associate Casting Director at W/S Casting. For more information on Holly visit www.hdbcasting.com

SHANE PARKS(Associate General Manager) joined Matt Murphy Productions at the beginning of 2017 after three years with Broadway Asia International, where he managed shows in China, the UK, and the US. Originally from Maryland, he is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, with a Bachelor’s in Music Composition, and New York University, with an MFA in Musical Theater Writing. Shane has supervised the touring production of The Berenstain Bears LIVE and Off-Broadway, touring, and Las Vegas productions of Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man. He lives in Brooklyn with his fiancé, a garden of books, and pet chromecast.

SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN (Source Material) was written by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman. First published in 1997, the book instantly became a best-seller. Now a cult classic, it has also been published in Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, the Netherlands, Australia, and England, and will come out in France in spring 2014. And as you can see, the book also had a supporting role in sparking passionate romance between Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones in the movie Hope Springs.

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Based on the best-selling book Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man.